In less than five minutes, Ji Jue had returned to the Central Dispatch Center and burst into the command room.
He saw a pack of doggies squatting before the screens, along with solemn dispatchers gathered around the data reports, murmuring among themselves.
"Excuse me, I'm late."
Ji Jue coughed. "Sorry, my fault."
"Relax. Even if you'd come earlier, it wouldn't have done shit. If it were truly urgent, the CEO would've dragged you here directly." The dispatcher waved a hand calmly, doing the rare thing of acting like a human.
He glanced at Ji Jue, one brow lifting slightly. "Looks like things aren't going too well on your end either... Care to share?"
Ji Jue hesitated.
"In short, it's complicated. Later." He pressed down the restlessness in his heart and took a deep breath. "What happened to the Sky Rail?"
"The Sky Rail is fine, but a large patch of static has appeared in time itself. Someone is trying to alter time, and the scope of those alterations is absurdly huge."
Ji Jue's pupils contracted slightly. At last, he had found the crux of the matter.
"When?"
"In real time, around nineteen minutes ago."
The timing matched too!
Ji Jue pressed on. "What about the altered section?"
"Don't know!"
The dispatcher's words were as vision-blackening as ever, a consistent pain in the ass. "It could be thousands of years ago, or it could be yesterday.
"That's just how electrofishing works. You can only see fish constantly floating to the surface. Unless you jump in yourself and feel around with your hands, it's hard to tell where the current is... Besides, the other side did an excellent job concealing themselves. Even if something got electrocuted, you might not be able to find anything. We'll need to observe and analyze it step